Our friends at Schmiede are back for another year of Smiths gathering in Hallein getting inspired, network, create, present and share.
Application deadline: May 31st
“ay, ay, ay” — pain, delight, despair.
“aye, aye” — understood.
AI.
Three syllables, three meanings, no agreement.
We build, we name, we deploy — hoping context will follow.
But context is the one thing we haven’t built / defined.
We proceed as if understanding were guaranteed by momentum.
With Ai Ai Ai, Schmiede26 continues the FAUST (Schmiede25) trajectory — not by resolving ambiguity, but by stepping into it.
Not a finished statement.
A starting signal.
A temporary ground for cooperation and community — alive, open.
A shared workspace where context is shaped through making.
Where meaning is tested in practice, revised in dialogue, sharpened in friction.
An invitation to risk unfinished ideas.
To experiment in public.
To build the conditions in which understanding might emerge.
Not certainty — movement.
Not answers — process.
Not heroes — participation.
Join the experiment.
Schmiede26: Ai Ai Ai
SEP 16. – 26. 2026
Apply till May 31st
You still have questions? Come to the Schmiede Talk, May 21st, at FÜNFZIGZWANZIG
For more info go to Schmiede – Playground of Ideas (schmiedehallein.com)
You have kids between 8-11 years old, who would like to join Schmiede? MiniSchmiede might be the post for you.
Searching for a Schmiede residency? AkademieAIR 2026 is your place.